WEBVTT 00:30.000 --> 00:37.000 Well, why don't they call? They've had plenty of time to decide. 00:37.000 --> 01:05.000 Hello? Yes, this is John. Yes, I know why you're calling. They did. 01:07.000 --> 01:15.000 Oh, they did. No, I guess that's it then. Thanks anyway. 01:37.000 --> 01:51.000 Did you hear about John Taylor? They voted him out of student council representative because he was caught cheating. 01:51.000 --> 02:00.000 Who? John Taylor voted out of student council representative. Who is cheating? John Taylor? John Taylor? 02:00.000 --> 02:15.000 You a cheat, John? John, what have you done? Remember how it all started, the day you went over to Mary's house to study for the test. Remember? 02:15.000 --> 02:38.000 Alright John, now look. The problem is to factor x squared minus 9x plus 20. Now how do you do it? Let's see. X squared minus 9x plus 20. You take the x squared minus the 9x and oh, you subtract x from x squared and then you... 02:38.000 --> 02:51.000 Oh golly, Mary, I don't know anything about this factoring business. John, you do too. Now the answer is the quantity x minus 5 times the quantity x minus 4. Now do you see how I got it? 02:51.000 --> 03:00.000 Yeah, I guess I do. But golly, Mary, this stuff's awful. I just don't get most of it. You'll just have to. You won't pass the test tomorrow. 03:00.000 --> 03:17.000 I know it. Mary, if I get stuck on the test, you'll help me, won't you? How can I help you? It's easy. Miss Granby hardly ever comes back to where we sit. If I get stuck, I'll just ask you for the answer. 03:17.000 --> 03:23.000 Well, I don't know. Oh forget it. I probably won't have any trouble anyway. 03:23.000 --> 03:33.000 But you remember what happened the next day, John. Miss Granby's test was even tougher than you thought it would be. There were a lot of problems you couldn't work. 03:33.000 --> 03:46.000 And it seemed to you that you didn't stand a chance of passing the test. And right there in front of you sat your pal, Mary, with her head chock full of all the answers you needed. 03:46.000 --> 03:58.000 You thought about it. There you were, desperate. And there was your salvation within arm's reach. So you decided to take a chance. 03:58.000 --> 04:06.000 You asked Mary for help. And of course, Mary, being Mary, gave you the help. 04:06.000 --> 04:19.000 It was all so simple. You began to wonder why you'd spent so much time worrying about the test. Yes, sir, you felt pretty pleased with yourself. You'd put one over on Miss Granby. 04:19.000 --> 04:34.000 A few days later, Miss Granby returned the graded papers. 04:34.000 --> 04:46.000 Was there a shadow of doubt in Miss Granby's face as she looked at you? What was there for Miss Granby to doubt? After all, wasn't this the best grade you'd ever made on an algebra test? 04:46.000 --> 04:55.000 Maybe that was it. Maybe the grade was too good. Somehow that odd little look Miss Granby gave you seemed to haunt you. 04:55.000 --> 05:02.000 Did you really earn that ninety-two, John? I wonder. 05:02.000 --> 05:07.000 Aw, she didn't mean anything. That test wasn't very important anyway. 05:07.000 --> 05:15.000 Yes, you thought it was just a little thing. But it was the beginning of all your trouble. 05:15.000 --> 05:27.000 After that, life went on for you pretty much as usual. You were busier than ever with sports, with Mary and your friend Jim, and most of all with your new job as student council representative. 05:27.000 --> 05:36.000 You'd always wanted to be on the student council, and you were really proud of yourself the day you were elected to take Jack Martin's place when he moved out of town. 05:36.000 --> 05:53.000 But now, with the honor of the job, went the necessity of keeping your grades up. And that was your problem. 05:53.000 --> 06:00.000 Hello? This is Jim. Let's go down to Sam's and get a hamburger. I can't, Jim. I've got homework to do. 06:00.000 --> 06:07.000 Aw, don't worry about it. You've got plenty of time. 06:07.000 --> 06:15.000 Okay, let's go get a hamburger. I'll see you in a minute. 06:15.000 --> 06:24.000 The big clock in the hall went on ticking off its even measure of time, and you went on as before. 06:24.000 --> 06:30.000 You and Mary were still the best of friends, but Mary had assumed greater importance to you. 06:30.000 --> 06:36.000 You came to depend upon her more and more in your schoolwork, although you scarcely realized it. 06:36.000 --> 06:49.000 It wasn't that Mary was any smarter than you were. It was just, well, that she seemed to find more time to study, and you were student council representative and a very busy fellow. 06:49.000 --> 06:52.000 Okay, that finishes the problems. Now how about our history? 06:52.000 --> 06:54.000 You haven't done your history lesson either? 06:54.000 --> 07:02.000 Well, gosh, Mary, I can't do everything. I have two council meetings this week. I just don't have time to study. 07:02.000 --> 07:10.000 Well, here are the answers to the history lesson. I think you're going to have trouble when we have tests and all these things. 07:10.000 --> 07:12.000 What are you going to do about the big test tomorrow? 07:12.000 --> 07:19.000 Oh, I'll get by all right. If I have trouble, you'll help me again, won't you? 07:19.000 --> 07:28.000 And that's how it was. Gradually, Mary had become your partner. Although as time went on, she seemed less willing to do your work for you. 07:28.000 --> 07:36.000 Sometimes Mary looked at you almost as Miss Grandby had. 07:36.000 --> 07:40.000 Well, so long, Mary. Thanks a lot for your help. 07:40.000 --> 07:48.000 Yes, thanks a lot for your help, Mary, whether you intended to help him or not. It was clear John depended on you. 07:48.000 --> 08:13.000 Didn't you begin to wonder what you were letting yourself in for? Take the next day, for instance, the day of the test. 08:13.000 --> 08:28.000 What's the answer to number nine? You've got to help me. What's the answer to number nine? 08:28.000 --> 08:46.000 John, bring it up here, please. 08:46.000 --> 08:57.000 I'm afraid I'll have to give you both zero on the test. And both of you are to report to me after school, please. 08:57.000 --> 09:08.000 So you were caught, John. You were exposed in front of the class. And what's more, Mary was involved too. Mary, who was only trying to help. 09:08.000 --> 09:17.000 And then what happened? Your classmates seemed to treat you a little coldly. Perhaps it was because they had studied and worked hard for their grades. 09:17.000 --> 09:26.000 Maybe they felt that your cheating gave you an unfair advantage. And their thoughts about you were reflected in another way. 09:26.000 --> 09:30.000 Hey, what's up? Meeting of the student council. 09:30.000 --> 09:35.000 That's funny. My name isn't on there. I'm on the student council. 09:35.000 --> 09:41.000 I don't think you'd want to come to this meeting. It's about you. Me? That's what I hear. 09:41.000 --> 09:49.000 Say, would you mind calling me after the meeting's over and let me know how it comes out? No, I wouldn't mind. 09:49.000 --> 09:57.000 No, I don't say that what John did was right. But I do think we ought to give him another chance. You mean you think we ought to let him go while I'm being in the student council? 09:57.000 --> 10:03.000 I think we should. I don't. You've got to admit he's a good representative. That's right, but I don't think anyone that cheats should hold an office. 10:03.000 --> 10:06.000 That's right. I think we should let you represent us. 10:06.000 --> 10:13.000 All right, wait a minute. Wait a minute. We won't get anywhere by all talking at once. Are we ready to take a vote now? 10:13.000 --> 10:23.000 All in favor of giving John another chance, hold up your hands. All who think we should elect a new student council representative, hold up your hands. 10:23.000 --> 10:28.000 Well, I guess most of us feel the same way about it. Who's going to tell John? 10:28.000 --> 10:34.000 I'll tell him. I said I'd call him when the meeting was over. I'll call him as soon as I get home. 10:34.000 --> 10:44.000 John, I guess you know why I'm calling. We had that meeting about you a little while ago. They decided to elect a new student council representative. 10:44.000 --> 10:51.000 I'm sorry, Johnny, but I guess you know why. 10:51.000 --> 11:00.000 Yes, John knew why it was. He'd been caught in a trap of his own making and had involved his friends too. 11:00.000 --> 11:10.000 He now found himself looked down on by friends and classmates. But did John really intend to be dishonest? 11:10.000 --> 11:17.000 Should Mary share any of the blame? Was it fair for John to use Mary as he did? 11:17.000 --> 11:26.000 And what about his classmates? Did John's cheating hurt them in any way? Should they have given him another chance? 11:26.000 --> 11:30.000 What do you think?